Module ANT3032 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT3032: Culture and Perception
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following themes:
- Convention and the Unconventional
- Figuring Realities
- Embodying Realities
- Variations across culture and time
- Reflexivity
- Multiple Realities and their Maintenance
- Perception as Action
- Cultural Pragmatics
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 22 | 11 x 2 weekly seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 44 | 22 x 2 hours of course readings |
| Guided Independent Study | 42 | Reading/research/writing the essay |
| Guided Independent Study | 42 | Revision for examination |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
Butler, Judith. 1999. Gender Trouble: feminism and the subversion of identity. London: Routledge. 301.41 BUT
DeNora, Tia. 2014. Making Sense of Reality – in everyday life. London: Sage (in press now)
Douglas, Mary. 2002 (1966]. Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo. London: Routledge. 301.152 DOU
Garfinkel, Harold. 1984 [1967]. Studies in Ethnomethodology. Cambridge: Polity. 301.2 GAR
Goffman, Erving. 1961. Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates. New York: Anchor. 362.2 GOF
Latour, Bruno. 2005. Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 301.1 LAT
Law, John. 2004. After Method: Mess in social science research. London: Routledge. 300 LAW
Schillmeier, Michael. 2013. Rethinking disability: bodies, senses, and things. London: Routledge. 305.908 SCH
ELE –http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
